Letter from Marie Martin to Mary Martin, 21 September 1916
post yesterday, 1st of all your
very nice letter with all the home
news & the inclosure from Mrs
Garttan & then Ihad a very
nice long letter from Gerald
telling me his news, I am just
delighted and things he deserves
everything, it is splendid for
Mrs Garttan to know he is
fairly safe for some time.
He seems very hard worked
but Ithink likes the job, I
wonder if he minded having the old Batt. 2 I wrote to Uncle Frank yesterday
but intend writing to A. Maysie
to-day & enclosing a address
of a Dr in London which was
given to me by my M. O.
who is extremely cleaver &
has made a great study
of Uncle F. complain, he
says it arrises from some
septic absortion which is the
first thing that must be
treated & remove. Then ofcourse
he says dieting & injections
are all very good but when
it has got to U. F stage
each joint must be treated
for it self & that is what
this man is so good at
as well as an good allround 3 man. He has done wonderful
things for some of his patients
Captain Hunt is consulting Phy:
at Guys London so must be
fairly good, certainly he
seem marvelous the way he
has worked over these Gas Case & the results. Iam glad to hear Tommy
is keeping very well.
it is too bad about
Dicko. Is it true Charlie has been
awarded the D S. O. Distinquished Service Order awarded to officers Gerald
saw it in the Downside
record, do let me know
also send me a paper if 4 you have one of where he is
mentioned in dispatches—
Gerald did write such a nice
letter about poor Charlie he
thought a world of him.
Now Imust close as I
am writing this on duty. With fondest love
Your ever loving Marie
A letter from Marie Martin (1892–1975) to her mother Mary Martin. In the letter Mary describes a letter she had received from a Mrs. Gartlan, going on to discuss a new job Gerald has received. She goes on to write she has written to her uncle Frank Martin (b. 1870) and that she is writing to A. Maysie on this day. Marie had been in touch with a doctor from London who has given her advice about Frank Martin's complaint i.e. illness, which Marie describes. The letter goes on to acknowledge a letter written by Gerald, whom she notes though the world of her brother Charles (1895-1915), who died the previous December in the Great War.Marie was born in Dublin and trained as a nurse at the outbreak of World War I. Two of Marie's brothers joined the British army at this time, one of whom was killed in action. Marie served as a nurse in Malta, Leeds and France, and later set up the Medical Missionaries of Mary.
- Marie Martin
- Mary Martin
- 1916-09-21
- World War I (1914-1918)
How to cite
Letters 1916, published by the Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities, Vienna, 2026 (https://letters1916static.github.io/letters1916-static/item__0119.html)
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